The gas-phase reaction, A +0.5 B 3P occurs in a packed bed reactor. The feed composition...

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The gas-phase reaction, A +0.5 B 3P occurs in a packed bed reactor. The feed composition consists of 80 mole % of A and 20 mole% of B. Compound B is the limiting reactant. The rate law is -13 = KCA¹4CB where k = 0.15 in the L. kg. min., mol system of units. The total inlet volumetric flow rate is 0.012 L/min. If needed, the cross sectional area of the reactor is 0.0060 m² and the pressure drop parameter is 0.0097 1/kg. The total inlet pressure and temperature are, respectively, 150 kPa and 300K, and the gas constant. R. is 8.314 L kPa/(mol K). Calculate the conversion of component B, expressed to two decimal places, at the exit of the reactor when the total amount of catalyst in the reactor is 3.5 kg. Assume that the system operates isothermally. The gas-phase reaction, A +0.5 B 3P occurs in a packed bed reactor. The feed composition consists of 80 mole % of A and 20 mole% of B. Compound B is the limiting reactant. The rate law is -13 = KCA¹4CB where k = 0.15 in the L. kg. min., mol system of units. The total inlet volumetric flow rate is 0.012 L/min. If needed, the cross sectional area of the reactor is 0.0060 m² and the pressure drop parameter is 0.0097 1/kg. The total inlet pressure and temperature are, respectively, 150 kPa and 300K, and the gas constant. R. is 8.314 L kPa/(mol K). Calculate the conversion of component B, expressed to two decimal places, at the exit of the reactor when the total amount of catalyst in the reactor is 3.5 kg. Assume that the system operates isothermally.

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